Game Wrap Up: What went wrong?

1-17, you can't won't win very often shooting like that from 3 point range.  A lot of those 3's where taken when Erik Buggs was not in the game, and he being out wasn't due to foul trouble!

Outside our aweful shooting from outside the paint, Tony Meier was hot from outside hitting 5-8 from downtown.  Milwaukee was their normal aweful self from the free throw line hitting only 9-18 from the charity stripe.  Unfortunately, Valpo wasn't much better connecting on only 10-17 (fortunately a couple of those misses were put right back in by Ryan Broekhoff).  Kaylon Williams was not very impressive.  The star point guard went 4-10 from outside, 1-5 from 3 point range (although that one was a killer), and all of 1-4 from the line.  He did collect 10 rebounds and dish out 7 assist.  His 7 turnovers however did help keep Valpo going.

Erik Buggs was rolling in that first half.  He scored 10 points and really shut down Williams.  One tweet I sent out, distasteful perhaps but fitting, "Kaylon Williams can run from the cops but can't get away from Buggs" on the 5 second call which probably would have gone for 10 seconds had the ref not stopped it.  I'm not sure why Coach Drew kept taking Buggs out except that maybe he was gassed from chasing Williams around the court.  The offense seemed really out of sinc when he would leave the game. 

Milwaukee is the reigning lead champion for a reason.  Their defense is pretty solid and they have some good players.  Expect them to be a player at the top of the league standings all year.

Positives
*Buggs: more on his final stat line in a bit
*Ryan Broekhoff: his left wrist is still wrapped but he played pretty well.  I do wish they'd get the ball in his hands and let him be a little selfish once in a while when the game is close .
* Defense/Rebounding: the team defense and rebounding was pretty solid tonight.  Valpo should win most games when they hold a team under 60 and win the rebounding battle.

Negatives
*Shooting: as I already mentioned above the shooting outside the paint was astrocious. 
*Richie Edwards: I don't know how many times he is going to flop on the defensive end and give up a layup before he figures out it is hurting his team.  I also don't know how many shots outside the paint he is going to take before it sinks in that maybe he should get inside where he is good.
*Assist/Turnover Ratio: was not good tonight.  10 assist and 13 turnovers is not a winning recipe.
*Valpo fans were tossing out some doozies at the refs this evening.  Keep it classy folks.

Player of the Game
Ryan Broekhoff: another double double for the best player in the HL. 18 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists (0 turnovers). I think his wrist might be affecting his shot a bit as he hit only 1-6 from outside.

POFG Runner Up
Erik Buggs: he was the Crusader offense and defense in the first half.   Final stat line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and great defense on K. Williams.

Up Next
Valpo will attempt to get back to winning at home and get above .500 in league play as they take on Green Bay on Saturday at 4:05pm.